submerge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
    submerse.
  2. verb cover completely or make imperceptible
    overwhelm; drown.
    • I was drowned in work
    • The noise drowned out her speech
  3. verb put under water
    submerse.
    • submerge your head completely
  4. verb fill or cover completely, usually with water
    inundate; deluge.

WordNet

Sub*merge" transitive verb
Etymology
L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Submerged ; present participle & verbal noun Submerging
Definitions
  1. To put under water; to plunge.
  2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.
    I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. Shak.
Sub*merge" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included.
    Some say swallows submerge in ponds. Gent. Mag.

Webster 1913